Fjöturr
Old Norse Dictionary - fjöturr
Meaning of Old Norse word "fjöturr" (or fjǫturr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fjöturr can mean:fjöturr
- fjöturr (fjǫturr)
- m., dat. fjötri, pl. fjötrar; [A. S. fetor; Engl. fetter; Germ. fesser; cp. Lat. com-ped-is]:—a fetter of iron, a shackle; sprettr mér af fótum fjöturr en af höndum hapt, Hm. 150; fjöturr á fótum, FmS. iv. 15; fjötur allsterkan, annan fjötur, Edda 19; fjöturr af hinu sterkasta stáli, FmS. x. 172, Hom. 118, 119; sitja í fjötri, FmS. ii. 12; sitja í fjötrum, id.; þeir brutu af sér fjötrana, Nj. 136.
- fjöturr (fjǫturr)
- β. metaph., sleða-fjötrar, the straps of a sledge, Sdm. 15: the straps on a smith’s bellows, Vkv. 22, 32.
- fjöturr (fjǫturr)
- COMPDS: fjötrabrot, fjötrarrauf.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, fjöturr may be more accurately written as fjǫturr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚢᛏᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
- Vkv.
- Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)